"Antonio Galloni 98+/100
Taittinger’s 2008 Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is simply breathtaking. I have tasted it many times over the years in various trial disgorgements and it has never been anything less than compelling. The final, finished wine captures all of that potential. Bright, focused and wonderfully deep, Comtes is a fabulous example of a vintage that expresses so much energy but with real fruit intensity, the signatures that distinguish it from other vintages (1996 comes to mind) that were similarly taut, but more austere in the early going. Although the 2008 impresses right out of the gate, it only really starts to open up with several hours of air. The 2008 Comtes represents the purest essence of the Côtes des Blancs in a great, historic vintage. Readers who can find the 2008 should not hesitate, as it is a truly brilliant epic Champagne that no one who loves the very best in Champagne will want to be without. 2023-2048 vinous.com, August 2020
William Kelley 98/100
Taittinger's 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is being released this year, and it will be worth a special effort to track down. I wrote in August 2019 that this is the finest Comtes de Champagne since the brilliant 2002, and this tasting confirmed that. Offering up a deep and complex bouquet of citrus oil, crisp orchard fruit, warm brioche, crushed chalk, blanched almonds and smoke, it's full-bodied and incisive, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a long, searingly chalky finish. While this is already immensely impressive out of the gates, this 2008 is clearly built for the long haul, and three decades' longevity won't be a challenge. RobertParker.com, September 2020"
Pierre Taittinger purchased a long established champagne house in 1932 and rebranded it under his own name. Taittinger is now one of the largest producers in the region and amongst the last big family-owned houses with more than 280 hectares of vineyards.
Their prestige cuvée 'Comtes de Champagne' is made entirely from Chardonnay from the best Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte des Blancs region. Only produced when the harvest is of exceptional quality, the Champagne is matured in the family cellars in Reims for a minimum of eight years prior to release.
